Excursions in Myshkin
If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of big cities with their bustle and bustle, you want to enjoy your vacation in the bosom of nature and please yourself and your children by visiting a one-of-a-kind museum, then you are in the city of Myshkin! And what kind of museum is this, the likes of which does not exist in the whole world? There is one, and it is dedicated to ... mice. Yes, you heard right, ordinary gray mice. Many excursions in Myshkin begin with an acquaintance with the history of this small town located on the Volga in the Yaroslavl region.
Why is the mouse so revered here?
The city loves a legend according to which this settlement owes its foundation to the mouse. And it happened back in the 12th century. After the hunt, one of the princes of the Mstislavsky family lay down and fell asleep in these places. But a mouse running across his face woke the prince. He jumped up and got angry, wanted to destroy the animal, but noticed that a snake was hiding nearby. That is why in these then remote places, by order of the prince, a chapel and a gatehouse were erected, and the place itself received the name Myshkin. And on the coat of arms of the city, the image of a mouse has been preserved since ancient times..
Several years ago, when Myshkin developed as a tourist town, a memorial wooden cross was erected on the site of its foundation, which was made by a local woodcarver Nikolai Savelyev. Museums, ethnographic expositions, exhibitions - all this awaits tourists who come to Myshkin.
The town itself is small, but very original. And the inhabitants here are great inventors. It is thanks to their initiatives that so many museums have been created in the city that one can only envy!
- Mouse Palace and Mouse Museum;
- Museum of felt boots;
- Smirnov Vodka Museum;
- Open-air museum of ancient technology.
Sightseeing tours in Myshkin will not leave indifferent either adults or children. After all, their program includes so many interesting and unusual things. On one of the excursions, you can visit the old mill and find out how they used to get flour, what kind of shoes they wore in the old days except boots in winter, taste treats from a real Russian oven, and get to know how people live in this town now. Many houses in this city are architectural monuments. They are very beautiful and unique..
Coming here, you seem to find yourself in another dimension, a completely different world, where everything flows smoothly and measuredly, where public transport, like many years ago, is only a ferry across the Volga. And old houses with turrets and domes of churches only enhance this impression..
Now many Muscovites and residents of the region make trips to this town. And it's quite easy to get here not only by your own transport, but also by regular buses. From Moscow to Uglich you go on one bus, and then change to another, which will take you to Myshkin.
